Swish and Swipe

A little swish of the toilet and a swipe of the counter and the sink will keep your bathroom company ready all the time. It only takes a minute. Practice this habit and find yourself loving your bathroom.

Laundry Habit: A Load a Day!

A load a day keeps CHAOS away!

When we let things pile up, our stess gets worse. Our laundry can be one of the biggest piles of stress on us. When we don’t do our laundry; it is harder for us to get dressed each morning. Tempers start to flair while everyone is in a mad rush to get dressed and off to school.

If we have our laundry habit in place, much of this stress disappears.

Rise and shine! Your morning routine helps you!

We are going to build a Morning Routine for your Control Journal or to just post on the refrigerator. Here is what FlyLady does:

Get up and weigh

Shower and get dressed to lace up shoes, fix your hair and face

While you are in the bathroom Swish and Swipe

Grab a load of laundry and start the washer

Check your calendar for today’s activities

Empty dishwasher to start your day

Eat something good for you and take your medicine and vitamins

Drink your water.

Have some fun today running your errands!

Reminder: What’s for dinner?

Do you know what you are preparing for dinner tonight? Even if you can’t pull something out of the freezer right now, you can begin thinking about it. If you need some help. Check out one of Leanne’s Sample Menu Mailers, or get an idea from FlyLady’s Kitchen!

Reminder: Where is your laundry?

Is it hiding in the washer getting smelly? Cold and wrinkled in the dryer? Are you living out of a laundry basket?

Go Re-boot your laundry. There are five steps: Sort, wash, dry, fold, and put away. Don’t leave out a single BabyStep! If you will stay on top of this, it will not take over your home. You may have too many clothes! Reduce your clothing and have fewer laundry pile ups. Do you have a FlyLady magnet to remind you that your laundry is waiting for you?

Reminder: Where are your shoes?

Did you ever put them on this morning? Have you kicked them off someplace in the house?

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Your evening routine will help you rise and shine

Dear Friends,

This is the most important routine of your whole day. It helps your morning start off on a less-stressed foot.

Lay out your clothes for tomorrow

Take a few minutes for yourself

Check your Calendar for Tomorrow’s Events

Spend 2 minutes clearing off your Hot Spots

Shine your sink

Wash your face, moisturize, brush your teeth and floss

Go to bed at a decent hour

Tomorrow is Friday; that is clean out your purse day and plan a date with a good friend or your sweet darling.

Have a great evening and always remember that you are loved!

FlyLady

Reminder: Go shine your sink!

Are you going to bed with a kitchen full of dinner dishes? I want you to get up in the morning to a clean kitchen. You can’t do that if you have not cleaned up your kitchen. Now get in there and get this done, before you go to bed. I want you to smile in the morning!

Reminder: Please go to bed; your body needs sleep!

It’s getting late on the east coast of the U.S. I really want you to go to bed. Getting up is much easier when you get plenty of sleep. Getting enough sleep is the key to many of our health issues. Please don’t deprive your body of the rest you need. When I started getting restful sleep; my body clutter started going away. The rest of you better be thinking about getting your body under those sheets shortly.